The West Hempstead Union Free School District has filed a report with the Nassau County Police Department regarding alleged physical abuse between a former teacher and at least one second-grade ...

Parents want options, and we understand that charter schools have provided the options that they would like to see in ...

Long Island’s Hempstead School District says it plans to close an elementary school and cut jobs over a $34 million budget shortfall it blames on parents preferring charter to public schools.

But at West Hempstead High School, where I have taught for 30 years ... we pulled together to make care packages, as parts of our district were badly affected. We raise money for causes that ...

New York State must figure out how to help the Hempstead school district while keeping school choice for parents.

The Hempstead School District issued a plea for financial relief from the state on Thursday, March 6, to avoid program cuts in the face of a deficit that could exceed $30 million for the 2025-26 ...

Hempstead school officials called for state intervention Thursday, as the district faces a "financial crisis" that they blamed on rising charter school tuition payments. The Nassau district is ...